Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-31
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Il haa aiwsya BEEN deep myaiefy q
- avaraea newspApeR reader hSW sch
lonrials FepsFas are daily presented 70
~ eolnmns Of tbs various iJuFuals OF
snatters wheTe every endssy0f v made
= keep TIE facts cut of the papefa.
How q Il possible. they say, % record
she doinRs Of q NESTING heid VIE
eloasd doors, penetFats the dspths Of .
erIrns n advances Of the trained detsc
i've. uuyeil TIE ssalsa yegdies Of . 3aryf
- eweteh the news Of RFeas financial
81 ueIifloai move from The custody q
wslahful euardiansg TIE answer =
easy. A reporter on i've paper ENDS
AZ tbs outset Of his career that explana-
tious and excuses for missing important
neWa Ii bis department. ara NOS desired.
The thing be must do Il be goald hold
lis pls0s u 20 'iatt thar why g y,
saws TIE city editor, shat you eoaldn't
frsd ous Anyihirg ebout the ease, while
fhe Daily Blizzard has coiumn ana .
kaIf7p The couuadFum is appalling 70
Ire youthful aspiFRns for tSusnalistie
fame, ana the dread Of tis repetition
etfrs him 20 gigantic efforts, whieb carry
hirn ever obstacles seemingly inaaf-
mountable az times. There are MANY
bits Of successful reporting under wosl
appeared 20 have been very difneuh
circumstances which are cnfrent knowi
edge among the fraternity, and few OF
tkem may be found interesting 70 TIE
outside world.
The Lynn trunk mystery" the case
ia when she body Of girl, aftervard
UsoTed 70 be Jennie Clarke vas found
"a trunk IN Saugns river, VIII Be Wv.
idly recalled By nearly every reader o.
the Herald. Although the fullest &c
soFipsions Of the girl were pgbilsneo Tar
and vide, weeks passed and en tuorb
RI he police failed 10 secure the slight
est trace % Der identity. pubic
fnneYnI was held at last. and when on
the way 10 report q Two newspapeE men,
HE. Chamberlain and W. II. Haths-
wAy, picked % In the street eommos
hasfness card, upon which vas written
what appeared to be cops or ols
tgatah askinR q gentleman at Manches
- whetheF Jennie Clarke vas At his
honae. A morning paper bad contained
A. advsFtfssmsnt asking for informa
lion regarding the whereabouts OF q
glrf Of tie same name, and the Baspi.
efoua Of the reporters were excited.
With this slight eles they traced Jen-
uieia mother 10 HIDE Park and bFought
Ter 10 Lypn, where she pFepptly re-
eoapixed hsF child. MTs. Clarke vas 3
uoaF woman, and as the reporters paid
her expenses 70 Lynn they easily In
duead her 90 promise to talk 10 no other
eeribe until after their report should
appear tn print, aud she result vas q
great ssooOp," The parties Who caused
Jennie's death we're arrested and pun
iahed. How intent reporter may be
on asfting news In such case can best
BE- shown BY recording the fact that the
Lynn local reporter Of Boston paper,
. Ned" Ingalls,, secured key 10 the
tomb where Miss Oiarks'a body vas
kept. aud spent days there concealed Ia
4 eofIin box, hoping 10 get the fiFst news
Of aBy possible Identification through
the many persons who were admitted
for that purpose BY The police.
The case Of John z. Phair Is q eaHsf
asIsbgs in she annais Of criminal prose
ratIon, made so by the work Of L. q
CaTFigan. now well known 10 the State
hnf Can years since journalist repre-
aanting Boston newspaper interests II
Vermont. Phait was accused OF thi
murder OF Annie =. Friszs a. Ratlant
Ia 1874, and Ia 1877 lay 10 iail ~ Wind
ang awaiting execution. Carrigan %
anred from PhaiR az elaborate state
menf Ia writing, 10 be used after hi
death, aud sent 10 TO . Boston paper
sgho Published il on the morning Of th
DAY when Il vas expected be would b
hanged. In this statement wsa the ~
ssrti0n that PhaiF had taken eeFtaii
train and made g journey which uoul'
make 10 impossible that be could hav
been q the scene Of the mnrder al III
time alleged, and spoke Of converse
ton he bad with gentleman on "a
train, who. " be could have been found
might have changed the verdies Of th
jury, based on eiFoamstantial evideno
alone. The newspaper which pttntei
this statement placed on tts bulletin th
cords; "Wili Vermont Hang an limo
cent Man Today" A man name
Downing vas attracted By the balletiu
bought 4 pager, read The account an
Immediately recalled meeting PhaiT az
der the circumstances described. IL
hastily sought the manager OF The %
Der. and q dispatch 10 the G0veTnoF o
Vermont was forwarded, outlining th
discovery. The result was that PhAi
waa rapgieved Tor thirty days JOSH tseu
ty.lour minutes before the time set 70
hts execution. The repEieye vas suosc
aaantly extended 20 two yeaFs aud d
fNFAHEt NNfNrNNfe aHAHa ANtN4a NAA
ether star OF aix days vAa granted, Bn
Phalf was hung at last. IAs genera
opinion In Vermont today Is that be va
Innocent. He is probably she only ma
for whom q eailOws was ever efecte,
foar different times. Mr.. OarrigAn'
Wholly nnsalnsh Efforts In PhAir's be
hait lasted over two years, costing hin
q vast deal Of ame aud 500 10 aetas
cash outlay Oaly The mereat outlin
Of the affair il possible In an article o
this kind.
Teo bvirht reporters OF that period
Charlie Oar and Charlie Tower. sig
EAiized themselves Ia this case by get
sfna an lntegview With Mr. Do nina
Sko vas shrinking With great modest
from che notoristy which his aonnec
tion With Pair bad created. findinl
ahat be lnnehed At q restaurant u
Sprihs lena. Tower got ander the Be
vita kia note book, While Der, IN 80
euisa % an unprofessional party, DIRE
oat OF Downing the naa points OF hi
story, as shey ees at an adl0tntug kAhl
eating oysters. II isn't always safe {.
think that ne psncil and note book ar
al vork simply because they are 90
visible.
secrets 81 the Soart and iary room
frequently Get into pFint. g. TIE wonde
OF Judges and Sheriaa. AFR. CarriSAI
cent 90 a Boston paper the verdict Il
the Hayden murder trial nine hourH Il
advances Of the report Of TIE iary. ans
even some tlas before The iar0rs them
salVea wsre agreed. The PANEL was con
tned IN the evening 10 room Of tt'
eozu hall. q window ot which uAs lsf
siishtly ogea for ventilasing pGFposes
lying on The grass oatside, ths enter
pFtsins nesspApeF man oeaid hear 90
conversation within, and learned thal
the ballots we're rnaEine from 30 s Al
TIE start 60 II 10 ! at last 70 favor e
n0ngictian. BY The time che jury hse
Gas within ene vote Of bsiHs ansninsas
GarFigAB became uneasy, ~ Be Duct
desired 60 wire the Zeal decision 4
liosion. and as The heas was graw
las qaits l&aa. lie e3asd hoa
several Of she iureFs AtRainz vita thi
ata4fcaie memhas, and she natne q ID
latter Tas frequently prefAesd n tai
remarks addressed g. him, ~ NCauis
sJenkisa,s dsa't slsa1 0uss % waat d
- ia enAnimoas, 200 knoW.H CkFEt'
gan eol hnegy 10 dFtFs 10 iha tele
,arAp6 saAtiaa. faaF miles es. and a. ths
ataAlcs asked the hostleE weat kird % I
chance there said b. - Jenkins
hoiaing eat ia eAsa tha csAsT eieveE
wSrs aarsea. HE siat e0t tie bash